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Media Releases

Sep 1st

Today we have the pleasure of releasing some photographs taken from the Performances of Romeo and Juliet at Croxteth Fire Station from last week! All Photographs can be found in the Media section of the Official Merseyside Community Theatre website. Full credit goes to Niall Gibney and Kevin Higgins from The Reader Organisation, Chris Phillips from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and Deana Kay.

Quick links:

Performance: Set Design

Performance: Audience

Chris Phillips Photographs

Deana Kay: Set One

Deana Kay: Set Two

We did it!

Aug 29th

Posted by Kev in Latest News

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Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Four Performances, Three long days of Technical and Dress Rehearsals, Three weeks of hard Rehearsals, Two weeks of Auditions, Five Months of Outreach and Advertising, and Many difficult decisions later, we had Romeo and Juliet. The Merseyside Community Theatre production ran from Thursday 26th August to Saturday 28th August 2010 and was enjoyed by hundreds of people per performance. Through the dedication of the Production Crew and the time the cast has given up in order to take part, we have created something we can be very proud of. There are so many great memories I will take away from this project, and many many more to come flooding back once we start releasing photographs and video.

Talking of Photographs and Video, we have.. a lot! There are hundreds of photographs we will be releasing over the coming days and weeks, and to follow, the complete play on DVD from The Reader Organisation.

Thank you to all involved in making this project happen, and to our cast and crew as without thier performances and knowledge, none of this would have taken place.

What’s next?

Opening Night Success!

Aug 27th

Posted by Claire in Latest News

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It’s the morning after the opening night of Romeo and Juliet at the Fire Station, and the cast and crew are revelling in what was a truly spectacular – and very professional – peformance of Shakespeare’s greatest love story, brought up to date and back to life by thirty-one Liverpudlian cast members.

The remarkable transformation of Croxteth Fire Station into ‘fair Verona’ – market stalls littered with fairy lights and scary costumes (I won’t spoil the surprise for those yet to see it and say why!) - greeted the audience on arrival. After a very slight delay (what opening night goes without its minor technical hitches?) everyone found their seats and the show began in a flurry of activity which introduced them to Romeo (Danyel Roberts), Juliet (Helen Webster), and all of the other characters who were to entertain them for the next two hours.

The market stalls

Romeo and Juliet at the Fire Station is a promenade performance, so as well as being outdoors the audience were asked to follow the action as it moved around the set: from the market scene, to ‘Capulet’s Cappucinos’ coffee shop, Juliet’s bedroom and Friar Lawrence’s cell. Each (OK, well, most) of the movements were smooth and efficient, and with characters running through the audience at points it certainly felt like everyone watching was part of the action.

Though the entire cast put on a great show the highlights have got to be Mico Simonde and Philip McGuiness, who stole the show with their portrayal of Benvolio and Mercutio – although the decision to involve a couple of Fire Engines (again, no clues as to why!) in the action was another show-stopper, adding to the fantastic atmosphere that came from watching a production take place on a working Fire Station.